Originally Posted by
F-16GUY
Why would you have to divert for fuel? Fuel leak? Underflown Bingo fuel? That sounds to me like a different and unplanned situation obviously requiring some kind of urgency. The question is regarding planned events.
bingo is a military term. The regulator has strict rules regards minimum fuel. So how many minutes flying is that in an F16?
if you had committed, or were planning to land close to reserve, and something changed (drone alert is my biggest thought here or short term runway blockage, you may end up in a mayday fuel whilst enroute to diversion. The drone thing has influenced how I plan - I will always have another piece of tarmac up my sleeve just in case.
London is well served anyway, with Stansted, Gatwick, Heathrow, Bournemouth and Birmingham in close proximity. All are good for a wide body.